The new Blade Stealth is aggressively priced compared to most high-end ultrabooks on the market. While the previous model wasn't at all competitive, this new Kaby Lake powered model holds its own against other similarly-sized ultrabooks. The Blade Stealth's battery life is much improved compared to its predecessor. Performance is capped off with a great, quiet cooling solution and a fast SSD. There's no real reason to upgrade over something with Skylake inside, but those upgrading from older laptops will see decent gains. It's not completely accurate out of the box, but it can easily be calibrated to dead-accurate sRGB for creative professionals.Īlmost all models of the Blade Stealth come with Intel's Kaby Lake Core i7-7500U inside, which provides excellent performance in a tight power envelope.
The 1440p display on my review unit was vibrant, bright, and packed great viewing angles. A 12.5-inch 1440p screen is standard where most laptops only provide 1080p, and it can be upgraded to a 4K panel with 100% Adobe RGB support if you so choose. The display itself goes beyond what most other laptops provide at this price point. The screen is also surrounded by enormous bezels there's easily enough room here for a larger display. Opting for a matte black finish makes this laptop an annoying fingerprint magnet. While the design of the Blade Stealth is generally fantastic, it's not perfect. Throw in a very good trackpad along with a touchscreen display, and the Blade Stealth sports an excellent trio of input methods.
Backlighting is so customizable you can choose to go ridiculously overboard or pleasantly understated depending on your preference. Full RGB LED backlighting is included, with tons of cool effects made possible through the company's intricate Chroma software. The Blade Stealth includes one of the best laptop keyboards I've used, with great travel distance and decent tactile feedback to each key. Acid green highlights complement the stealthy black design to striking effect. While not record-breaking, the Stealth is still slim, light, and portable, plus it still comes with ports that people use every day: USB Type-A and a full-sized HDMI 2.0 port, alongside Thunderbolt 3 USB-C. The black all-aluminium chassis is solid, well-crafted, and gives this laptop a look that matches its price tag. The design is one of my favourite aspects to the Blade Stealth. The company has produced a solid, well-rounded device that largely gives consumers what they are after: decent performance and battery life in a compact, portable form factor.
Razer claims the Blade Stealth is the ultimate ultrabook, and in some ways the laptop lives up to this claim.
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